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"Time is compressed like the fist I close on my knee ... I hold inside it the clues and solutions and the power for what I must do now."
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"You are waiting for something good to come; but you know, if the life is also waiting, then nothing will happen, nothing will come!"

"I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.."

"Yes, my life is a life of combat; I can say that this has never stopped for a single instant. It is a combat that started for me at the age of 16. I'm 90 years old now, and my motivation hasn't changed; it's the same fervour that drives me."

"Wise people are motivated by the quotes and by the books."

"That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well."

"We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here NOW with the power to shape your day and your future."

"Be driven with purpose. Be relentless in your alignment with excellence. Pay no mind to the disimpassioned impotent haters."

"Sometimes the greatest thing to come out of all your hard work isn't what you GET for it, but what you BECOME for it."

"Those who have the ability to be grateful are the ones who have the ability to achieve greatness."

"Pay attention to the behavior of the most successful people."
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"But unshed tears can turn rancid. So can memory. So can biting your tongue. My bad nights were beginning. I couldn't sleep."

"The heart with letters on it shining like a light bulb through the trim hole painted in the chest, art history."

"Does feminist mean large unpleasant person who'll shout at you or someone who believes women are human beings? To me it's the latter, so I sign up."

"She writes like an angel, it says of Laura on the back of one of the editions of The Blind Assassin. An American edition, as I recall, with gold scrollwork on the cover: they set a lot of store by angels in those parts. In point of fact angels don't write much. They record sins and the names of the dammed and the saved, or they appear as disembodied hands and scribble warnings on walls. Or they deliver messages, few of which are good news: God be with you is not an unmixed blessing."

"I am a believer in sensible choices, so different from many of my own. Also in sensible names for children."

"Whatever it was, she knew she would not be blamed for it, she was blameless. But what use had that been to her in the past, to be blameless? So at the same time she felt guilty, and as if she was about to be punished."

"They seemed to be able to choose. We seemed to be able to choose, then. We were a society dying of too much choice."

"After they had skated around the pond several times, my father asked my mother to marry him. I expect he did it awkwardly, but awkwardness in men was a sign of sincerity then."
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